Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:14:43 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: RW via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: some questions about disk partitioning and filesystems and booting Message-ID: <20200215201443.0339bf06.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20200215143057.15c1198a@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20200213150229.GC14144@bastion.zyxst.net> <091dd3af-7b99-267f-7d04-541b6d651926@holgerdanske.com> <20200215143057.15c1198a@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:30:57 +0000, RW via freebsd-questions wrote: > On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:08:27 -0800 > David Christensen wrote: > > > > The most obvious downside is that MBR does not support labels. So, > > the FreeBSD boot system uses device node names. This means I have to > > ensure that the system drive is always ada0 > > You can use glabel to label the drive, or label the > individual partitions. Actually, there are several possible methods for labeling: 1. glabel (GEOM label) example: /dev/label/usr 2. tunefs label (UFS permanent label) example: /dev/ufs/usr 3. UFS-ID example: /dev/ufsid/486b6fc16926168e Sources: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-glabel.html http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/labels.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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